Previous Recipients of the Apple Award

2025	Brian Le, MD Augusta, GA		Association of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements with Fractures in Persons with a Traumatic SCI
2024	Ryan Solinsky, MD Rochester, MN		Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation and its Impact on Cardiovascular Autonomic Regulation after Spinal Cord Injury
2023	Matthias J. Krenn, PhD Jackson, MS		Neuromodulation with transcutaneous spinal stimulation reveals diﬀerent groups of motor proﬁles during robot-guided stepping in humans with incomplete spinal cord injury
2022	Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS Toronto, Canada		The Influence of Timing of Surgical Decompression for Acute Spinal Cord Injury: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data
2021	Christopher M. Cirnigliaro, PhD East Stroudsburg, PA		Administration of Denosumab Preserves Bone Mineral Density at the Knee in Persons With Subacute Spinal Cord Injury: Findings From a Randomized Clinical Trial
2020	Jan Schwab, MD, PhD Columbus, OH		Outcome heterogeneity and bias in acute experimental spinal cord injury
2019	Morgan Callahan, MD \| Rachel Cowan, PhD Miami, FL		Relationship of Fitness and Wheelchair Mobility With Encounters, Avoidances, and Perception of Environmental Barriers Among Manual Wheelchair Users With Spinal Cord Injury
2018	Brian Kwon, MD Vancouver, BC, Canada		Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Predicts Neurologic Recovery in Acute Spinal Cord Injury
2017	Philip Popovich, PhD Columbus, Ohio		Gut Dysbiosis Impairs Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
2016	Spyridon Karadimas, MD, PhD Toronto, ON, Canada		Riluzole Blocks Perioperative Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury and Enhances Postdecompression Outcomes in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
2015	Meegan G. Van Straaten, PT, MSPH Rochester, MN
2014	Jacquelyn J. Cragg, MPH Vancouver, BC, Canada
2013	Ralph J. Marino, MD Philadelphia, PA		Development of an Objective Test of Upper-Limb Function in Tetraplegia
2012	Mark S. Nash, PhD Miami, FL
2011	Christopher D. Pritchard, PhD Boston, MA
2010	Anthony F. DiMarco, MD Cleveland, OH
2009	James S. Krause, PhD Charleston, SC
2008	Christopher Patrick Smith, MD Houston, TX
2007	Mary Jane Mulcahey, PhD Philadelphia, PA